If you need a hint, just click on the police badge in the upper left corner. You have unlimited hints, but you’ll need to wait for the badge to recharge before you can use it again.

Starting with the Central Park scene in Case One, you can click on any item on the list to see its silhouette. If you’d rather go back to searching by name, just click the “List” button on the phone.

You can review your case files by pressing the “Cases” button on your phone.

WALKTHROUGH

Some of the items you need to find are random, so I haven’t circled those. What you’ll see circled are the key items that you need to use to solve puzzles in the scene, or that represent key pieces of evidence that Erica comments on.

Hotspots (areas that you can zoom in on) are marked by a square.

When you scroll the mouse over certain objects, it will turn into a magnifying glass. That means that these objects can be investigated more closely, if you can figure out which item to use on it.

PROLOGUE

NY Apartment

Key evidence: Note (below the dead man’s legs), watch and pipe (both on the table near the chess board).

Note evidence: After you click on the note, you’ll also be asked to find the picture (on the table near the watch), business card (under the portable phone on the armchair), and gun (in the fireplace – see solution below).

Inventory puzzle: the gun

Use the watering can on the fireplace to put out the fire.

Take the gun from the fireplace.

CASE ONE: TONY FILLIONE

Forensic Library

Take the 5 bottles, dusting brush, flashlight, and cotton swab. There will be a couple of additional items to find, but these are random.

Mini-game – Dusting for Fingerprints

Your goal is to dust the evidence you found in the apartment for fingerprints. Each item is made from a different material, so you need to choose the right kind of powder for each surface.

The green powder works on glass; the yellow powder works on wood; the purple powder works on paper; the turquoise powder works on metals; and the pink powder works on plastic.

If you’ve applied the wrong dust to an item, it will turn gray.

You can skip the mini-game by pressing the Skip button in the lower right.

Solution:

Use the purple powder (paper) on the business card to reveal two prints.

Use the green powder (glass) on the clock to reveal one print.

Use the yellow powder (wood) on the pipe to reveal two prints.

Central Park

NOTE: From now on, you have the ability to click on any item in the list to see its silhouette. You can also review the current case file by clicking on your phone’s “Cases” button.

Click on the note is in the pathway to the right of the park bench.

Key evidence: A package, a gun, an oriental fan

Central Park – Bench

Click on the faraway park bench on the right side of the screen to zoom in.

The package and the Oriental fan are here. Pick them both up. The key and notebook are here as well.

CASE TWO: UNKNOWN VICTIM

Chinatown Shop

Key evidence: Crowbar, 4 paper shreds, garbage bags, fan

Chinatown Shop – Manhole Cover

Click on the manhole cover in the lower right of the screen to zoom in. Use the crowbar from your inventory to pry it open.

Next, use the flashlight from your inventory to investigate, and take the strip of paper and umbrella.

Chinatown Shop – Garbage Bin

Next, click on the second hotspot, the garbage bin, to zoom in.

Use the flashlight again to illuminate the area. Take the two paper strips of paper inside.

Mini-Game: Fit the paper pieces together

The piece on the right is stuck in place, so try to fit your pieces around it, using that piece as an anchor.

To move a piece, click and drag it, then release the mouse button to set it down.

When two correct pieces are put side by side, they will snap into place.

Tony’s Warehouse

Key evidence: oriental fan

Tony’s Warehouse – Shelves

Click on the shelves on the left to zoom in.

Use the flashlight, and grab the key and the two anchors.

Tony’s Warehouse – Office

Zoom in on the office and collect the second Oriental fan, pen, and desktop calendar from the desk.

NY Apartment

See the screenshot below for the locations of the two hotspots in this scene.

NY Apartment – Desk Drawer

Click on the desk drawer lock to zoom in.

Use the key from your inventory on the lock to open it.

Take the DVD disk, apple, and pen from inside the drawer.

NY Apartment – Patio

From the main room, click on the patio doors to zoom in.

Take the newspaper and the sandwich.

Mini-Game – Surveillance Video (spot the difference)

There are 8 differences to find between the four panels. See the screenshot below for the solution:

East River Docks

Start by clicking on the note. It will add key, shipping manifest, gun, and nightclub flier to your list of evidence to find.

Pick up the flyer in the lower left corner.

East River Docks – Inside the Machine
Pick up the shipping manifest and the key from the dashboard.
Use the cotton swab from your inventory on the blood stain on the steering wheel.

CASE 3: JOE CINELLI

Gun Shop

Start by clicking on the note that’s tucked under the front counter. It will add purchase records, picture, and drugs to your evidence list.

Gun Shop – Drawer

Click on the drawer at the bottom of the counter to zoom in.

Once again, use the key from your inventory on the key hole to open the drawer.

CASE 4: RALPH JACOBS / MIKE LEE

Mini-game: DNA Testing

Click and drag the colored balls along the bottom of the screen into the blank circles to complete the DNA strand. There are several possible solutions, but the goal is to fill in the DNA strand so that it matches one of the possible completed strands on the screen.

If you drag a ball into the right spot, you’ll hear a clicking sound. If a ball is put into the wrong place, you’ll hear a buzzing sound.

Here’s the solution that I got:

Central Park (nighttime)

Key items: cell phone

Central Park – Under the Bridge

Click on the area under the overpass near the soccer ball to zoom in.

Click on the padlock, wallet, newspaper, subway token and aluminum can

At this point, the identity of Case #2’s victim will be revealed as Mike Lee in your case file, although you’ll still technically be playing Case #4 in the game.

Back Alley

Start by clicking on the note next to the dead policeman. Three new pieces of evidence will be added to your list: business card, drugs, and taxi receipt.

Key evidence: drugs

Back Alley – Dumpster

Click on the bicycle near the dumpster to zoom in.

Click on the broken vase, tax receipt, business card, padlock and gun.

CASE 5: STEVE CLARKS

Taxi Cab

Click on the area above the cab’s back wheel to zoom in.

Click on the gas cab, drugs, squeegee, and dragon.

Mini-game: Suspect composite sketch

Take a good, long look at the sketch of the suspect, because you’ll be asked to recreate it by choosing the right mouth, eyes, nose and hair.

I can’t give you a solution because the mouths, eyes, noses and hair are in different orders each time. But you can simply click on each one in turn until you find the right one.

East River Docks

Pick up the bolt cutters along the bottom of the screen, then select them from your inventory and use them on the locked shipping crate to zoom in.

East River Docks – Shipping Crate

Use the bolt cutters on the lock to cut the chain.

Pick up three guns and three fans from inside the crate.

Subway Station

Key evidence: gun, drugs

Subway Station – Bench

Click on the bench hotspot to zoom in.

Take the camera, cookie, and nightclub flier.

CASE 6: SAM BELLOCKS

Forensics Laboratory

Find the 6 guns and 6 polaroid photos.

Mini-game: Ballistics Testing

The goal here is to compare bullets from the murder victims with bullets recovered from the weapons at each crime scene to see if there are any matches.

Choose a bullet from a location, and bullet from one of the victims to place them under the magnifying glass. Click on the bullets to rotate them. If the bullets’ appearances match, click on the “Match” button.

Solutions:

Harbor – Mike Lee (the game gives you this solution as part of the mini-game tutorial).

Central Park – Tony Fillione (once both bullets are under the magnifying glass, click the left bullet twice, then click Match).

After you’ve picked up the knife, click on the package next to the prize machine to zoom in.

Use the knife on the package to open it, and take the drugs inside.

Gun ShopGun Shop – Cabinet

Click on the cabinet to zoom in, and grab the 8.88 sign and the blue folder.

Club 5

Start by clicking on the note on the floor. Gun, VIP guest book, and Dynatechnics pen will be added to your evidence list.

Key evidence: gun

Club 5 – behind the bar

Click on the hotspot behind the bar to zoom in.

Click on the VIP guestbook.

You can also find the lily and ice cube here if they’re on your list.

CASE 7: MARTY SILLS

Mini-game: Hacker

You goal is to keep the red dot (the hacker) from reaching the edge of the screen. Click any of the hexagons to place an “Access Denied” block. Place enough of these to create a ring around the hacker and box him in.

I recommend starting by plugging all the holes around the perimeter. Take advantage of the Access Denied squares that are already there, and start placing more to connect them. Then you can gradually close in on the hacker. The game ends when you’ve confined the red dot so that it can no longer move.

Win two rounds of the game to advance.

Screenshot: Start by blocking the perimeter, then you can gradually fill in the spaces until you trap the red dot.

Tony’s Warehouse
There are three hotspots in this scene:

Tony’s Warehouse – Shelf

Click on the left hotspot to zoom in, and take the drugs. There’s a gun here too, but you might have to click on the one in the office instead.

Tony’s Warehouse – under the forklift

Click on the hotspot underneath the forklift to zoom in. Here you’ll find the key, cigarette, and screwdriver.

Tony’s Warehouse – office

Click on the office to zoom in. Here you’ll find the blue binder. There’s also a gun and cell phone on the desk.

NY Apartment

There are two hotspots here:

NY Apartment – Cabinet

Click on the cabinet to zoom in, and use the key from your inventory on the lock to open it.

Take the yellow folder. You can also find the hairbrush here if it’s on your list.

Start by clicking on the note under the table. This will add gun, fan and money to your evidence list.

Illegal Drug Lab – Cabinet

Click on the cabinet to zoom in, and take the money and fan.

CASE 8: ANTHONY YUNG

Mini-game: Dusting for Fingerprints

This mini-game plays exactly like the first one, except that you have a different set of items to investigate.

Remember, if the dust turns gray, it means you’re using the wrong kind of powder on that surface.

Possible Solution:

Use the green powder (glass) on the cell phone screen to reveal one print.

Use the green powder (glass) on the glass part of the picture frame to reveal one print.

Use the purple powder (paper) on the folder to reveal two prints.

Use the turquoise powder (metal) on the key to reveal one print.

Use the turquoise powder (metal) on the keypad of the cellphone to reveal one print.

Use the pink powder (plastic) on the card dangling from the key to reveal two prints.

Use the yellow powder (wood) on the fan to reveal one print.

Use the yellow powder (wood) on the picture frame to reveal one print.

Back Alley

Key evidence: Dynamics box

Back Alley – Left dumpster

Click on the lower left hotspot to zoom in.

You’ll find the horn and gloves here.

Back Alley – Right dumpster

Click on the right hotspot to zoom in.

Taxi Cab

Key evidence: camera

Taxi Cab – Trunk

Click on the back of the car to zoom in. You’ll find two speakers, a hook, a car battery, and compass here.

Rundown Hotel

Start by clicking on the note wedged underneath the murder victim, and a gun, 2 business cards, and Manhattan map will be added to your evidence list.

Rundown Hotel – closet

Click on the small hotspot inside the closet to zoom in. Take the crumpled up Manhattan map.

CASE 9: JACK SLOAN

Forensics Lab

Find 5 chemical bags.

Mini-game: DNA Testing

Click and drag the colored balls along the bottom of the screen into the blank circles to complete the DNA strand. There are several possible solutions, but the goal is to fill in the DNA strand so that it matches one of the possible completed strands on the screen.

If you drag a ball into the right spot, you’ll hear a clicking sound. If a ball is put into the wrong place, you’ll hear a buzzing sound.

Click on the dumpsters to the right to investigate. You’ll find one of the Dynatechnics boxes here, as well as the folder and paint can.

Mini-Game: Hacker

You goal is to keep the red dot (the hacker) from reaching the edge of the screen. Click any of the hexagons to place an “Access Denied” block. Place enough of these to create a ring around the hacker and box him in.

I recommend starting by plugging all the holes around the perimeter. Take advantage of the Access Denied squares that are already there, and start placing more to connect them. Then you can gradually close in on the hacker. The game ends when you’ve confined the red dot so that it can no longer move.

Suspect’s Computer Lab

Key evidence: Family photo (upper right corner), Strip of paper (on the desk next to the keyboard and mouse)

NY Apartment

There are two hotspots here:

NY Apartment – Picture Frame Safe

Click on the left edge of the picture frame in the upper left of the screen to move in.

Select the piece of paper in your inventory and use it on the safe to open it.

Take the gun, piece of paper, and flashdrive

NY Apartments – Open Cabinet

Click on the open wooden cabinet to zoom in.

You’ll find the glasses and wooden case here.

House in Queens

Key evidence: Key, piece of code

Dynatechnics Home Office

Click on the note to add the key, piece of code, and gun to your inventory.

Dynatechnics Office – Drawers

Click on the drawers to zoom in.

Use the key from your inventory to unlock the drawers, and take key and piece of code. The CD holder and lunch bag are here too.

INVESTIGATION 11: STEVE BOLLIO

Forensic Laboratory

Key items: 6 guns, 6 Polaroid pictures, cotton swab

Mini-game: Ballistics bullet testing

The goal here is to compare bullets from the murder victims with bullets recovered from the weapons at each crime scene to see if there are any matches.

Choose a bullet from a location, and bullet from one of the victims to place them under the magnifying glass. Click on the bullets to rotate them. If the bullets’ appearances match, click on the “Match” button.

Solutions:

Bronz – Jack Sloan (no rotation needed; just click Match).

Drug Lab – Marty Sills (no rotation needed; just click Match).

Night Club – Sam Bellock (click the left bullet twice, then click Match).

Office – Bill Marcus (click the left bullet twice, then click Match).

Hotel Room – Anthony Young (click the left bullet twice, then click Match).

Use the yellow key from your inventory (the one you picked up from this scene; not the green one) to unlock the safe. Take the DVD inside.

Rundown Hotel

There is one hotspot here:

Rundown Hotel – Under the Bed

Take the piece of code and key. You’ll find the sock and brush here as well.

The Computer

Select the USB key from your inventory and use it on the end of the computer cord on the desk.

You’ll be prompted for a password. Type the combination of letters and numbers on the piece of paper in your inventory, then click the Enter button on the screen.

The password is: H1gN7E4l8df7N

Note: The letters are case-sensitive, so make sure you observe the correct upper or lower case. The slip of paper in your inventory has hyphens in it “-“s but you don’t have to type these. The “l” is a lower-case L, not an upper case I.